David Price threw eight shutout innings in his best start with the Red Sox, David Ortiz entered the All-Star break with impressive numbers after hitting a two-run homer, and Boston sent the Tampa Bay Rays to their sixth straight loss, 4-0, on Sunday.

The victory completed a three-game sweep for the Red Sox and handed Tampa Bay its 22nd loss in 25 games.

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The 40-year-old Ortiz heads to his 10th All Star game with a .332 average and 72 RBIs in what he announced last fall will be his final season. It's the most RBIs ever at the break by a player 40 or older.

Mookie Betts had three singles and drove in a run to help the Red Sox complete their first sweep since a three-game set at home against Oakland on May 9-11.

Price (9-6) struck out 10, allowed four hits, walked one and hit two batters in snapping a personal two-game losing streak. Price didn't give up a hit after the third inning, retiring 17 of the last 19 batters.

Brad Ziegler, acquired from Arizona after Friday night's games, completed the four-hitter by getting the final three outs in his Red Sox debut.

Jake Odorizzi (3-5) got the loss, allowing four runs in five innings.

Price had received two runs or fewer in each of his last seven starts. His teammates offered better support right away by grabbing a 3-0 lead in the first.

Ortiz hit his homer into the first row of Green Monster seats after Xander Bogaerts' sacrifice fly. Betts' RBI single made it 4-0 an inning later.

GLAD AND SURPRISED

Ziegler wore No. 29 after the Red Sox acquired the 36-year-old from Arizona for a pair of minor leaguers.

The right-hander said the last conversation he had with the Diamondbacks before the trade was the possibility of an extension.

"I said: 'I'm open to whatever. Just come back to me and let me know,'" he said. "The next time I heard from them I was traded. That's part of why I was caught off guard and surprised how early it happened."

AGAIN

Brandon Guyer was hit by a pitch twice, bringing his season total to 20.

ROUSING OVATION

Six-year-old Caroline Fahey of Newton, Massachusetts, sang the anthem flawlessly and got a huge hand from the fans and both dugouts.